Chapter two: The Unexplained

"Wha-what are you?" Usagi stared at the thing standing on her bed, with wide frightful eyes. Swallowing, she stammered, "I'm war-warning you." She swooped down to her pile of clothes, and ripped the locket that had been set in the middle of the bow on her sailor shirt.

The thing on her bed only raised its hand, before Usagi leaped into action. She dove to the ground, throwing her hands up over her head. "I'm too young to die!!!"

The creature let out a squeak of fright, covering its face with its hands.

Luna barreled into the room, "What happened, I heard a scream!" She slid to a stop, her eyes landing on the cowering blonde. Worried, she searched the room for potential danger.

She spotted it on Usagi's bed.

"Don't just lay there, transform!"

Usagi lifted her head, "Uh- r-right. Moon Eternal, Make-up!" With a flash of light, her towel was replaced with a new uniform. Still in a pose after her transformation, she quoted, "I fight for love and justice, in name of the moon, I'll punish you, for I am Sailor Moon!"

She stared at the creature wearily, waiting for it to jump at her, with sharp teeth and claws. The creature covered its head with its arms, trembling.

"Err- aren't you going to attack me?" She blinked, staring at the creature expectantly.

"N-no, Winky would never attack Miss Usagi Tsukino. Winky only comes to ask for Miss Usagi Tsukino's help." The creature peeked up from between its fingers, shaking.

Usagi blanched, her left eyes slightly twitching. "Oh." She looks down at Luna, who still stood on guard. "Why do you need my help.eh, what's your name?"

The creature on the bed trembled even more, "Winky, Miss Usagi Tsukino. Winky is only a lowly house elf. Winky works in the kitchens at Hogwarts." Usagi laughs nervously, scratching the back of her neck. "Heh, heh, I knew that!" Laying down her staff, she dropped to her knees before the elf. "So why do you need my help?"

Winky's face filled with horror, and she pulled away. "Winky is a lowly house elf. Winky serves her wizard family the best Winky can." The elf turned to look at the blonde, big brown eyes staring with hope. "Winky has come in hopes to persuade Miss Usagi Tsukino."

The blonde on the floor frowned, her eyes slightly skeptical. But the house elf went on anyway. "Persuade Miss Usagi Tsukino to come back to Hogwarts."

A golden eyebrow rose at this statement. "Come back? But I've never been to a hogwarts." She turned to look at her advisor. "I don't remember a hogwarts." Something deep within her heart gave a nice tug, and it caught her breath.

Hogwarts?

It sounded familiar, like the man in her dreams looked familiar. And like how the boy seemed familiar.

"What is a hogwarts?"

The house elf shook its head, looking distraught. "Miss Usagi Tsukino must remember. Winky works at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." The elf began to wring its fingers nervously.

Usagi pulled back, trying to remember. But there was nothing there. It was just a name, a place that was frightening familiar, but a faint memory. Just like the people in her dreams, just a memory she couldn't grasp.

Suddenly Winky pulled something from the tea towel it wore like a toga, and held it out. "Winky was given this by the Headmaster Albus Dumbledore. Headmaster Albus Dumbledore wishes Winky to give this to Miss Usagi Tsukino."

Usagi took the letter, and gingerly turned it over in her hand. She stared at the writing written neatly on the envelope. "How strange." It was addressed to her, with her address, and it even mentioned her pink a white bedroom.

She looked back at the house elf, wondering if it was some kind of joke.

Suddenly a warm glow formed in the middle of her room. Whirling around, Usagi spotted a purple void swirling about in front of her door. Someone stepped out, holding a staff tightly in her right hand. "I see I have arrived just in time."

"Sailor Pluto!"

Usagi scrambled to her feet, still clutching the letter.

The portal closed silently, behind the Guardian of Time, as she inspected the room. Her garnet eyes landed on the house elf still standing on the bed, trembling. She nodded faintly, before turning to the blonde haired girl. "Usagi." She sighed again, "I would have come sooner, but I. was held up." Her eyes flickered over the elf again, a frown creasing her brow.

"You should read your letter Usagi, and then I will tell you everything you need to know." She turned to look at the shorter girl.

Usagi peeled open the seal, and pulled out the parchment from inside. Unfolding it, she read what it said. She had to read it twice more to make sure she was reading it correctly.

Looking up, she narrowed her eyes on the elder senshi. "Setsuna what is this all about?"

The young woman didn't answer right away, but instead moved across the room. She stopped at the window, peering out at the street. She watched a group of children cross the road, and noted the old woman pruning her garden.

Several minutes passed, before the dark haired woman lifted her head, and began, "Remember when I told you, after the battle of Galaxia, that the senshi wont be needed till the forming of Crystal Tokyo?" She tilted her head ever so slightly, to look at her princess.

Usagi crossed her arms over her chest thinking. "Hai I do. What are you getting at Sets?"

The guardian of time slowly turned, and she looked at the shorter girl with a sad smile. "Well, I lied."

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Usagi opened her mouth wanting to say something, but closed it. She opened it again, something at tip of her tongue, but she cut herself off by shutting her mouth once more. She did a great mimic of a fish out of water.

Luna stepped forward, slightly horrified at the news. "Pluto, what is this meaning of this? Explain yourself!"

Pluto looked down at the black cat, slightly aloof. Usagi raised her hand, as if to silence the room. "Can I say something?" The guardian waved a hand for her to continue as she nodded. Luna glanced at her, her red eyes fuming.

Moving to the taller woman, Usagi grabbed her by the shoulders, and gave her a hard shake. "Pluto, what do you mean you lied! You can't lie, you're the Guardian of Time, it goes against your, your, thingy." The blonde pulled back, and began to pace the floor. "This isn't good. Pluto how could you do this? If we knew, we could have prepared ourselves." She turned on the woman, "Tell me everything, I order you, as your-."

She held up a single gloved hand, her garnet eyes calm as ever. "You're highness, please." She waited, till the blonde teen calmed herself, before she continued. "Your past has come to repeat itself. I'd thought I had taken every measure to keep this from happening, but I forgone one mishap."

Usagi raised an eyebrow, crossing her arms uneasily over her chest. She fidgeted from one foot to the other. "And that is?"

The time guardian sighed, "The consequences of my interventions of another world."

The blonde snorted, "Beg your pardon?" She made a move towards her bed, where the house elf still sat. "Hogwarts." She turned to look at the older woman again. "What are you not telling me Setsuna?"

Pluto reached up to massage her forehead, stalling for time to think. "You had another life, one before this one. I had thought, or at least hoped, you could have helped him."

Usagi blurted out, "The boy, the one from my dreams. So they're actually memories?" She fell onto the bed, her legs too weak to support her.

The dark haired woman nodded, "Hai. I tried to destroy all ties of you from his world. But I overlooked one tiny shard." She moved towards the girl, kneeling down before her princess. She pointed at the brooch in the middle of the bow on the girl's chest.

Usagi looked down, "The crystal? What does the crystal have to do with this?" She held her hands up to it, and let the crystal float out. Pluto answered, "You have never been able to seek its full power since that day. Not in any of your battles have you been able to tap into its full potential." She pointed at the jewel, the tip of her finger pointed precisely at a certain spot.

"Before the crystal could rejuvenate, a shard had been taken. And because of this, all the ties have not been severed." She pulled back, standing so that she looked down at the shorter senshi. "You have to go back Usagi. You have to find the remaining link that binds you to their world."

The blonde glanced over at the elf. Then at the letter she still clutched in her hand. "B-but Puu, I can't do this! I don't know anything about magic!"

Pluto smirked, stepping further away. "I have said all that I need to say. I will be back to take you to Hogwarts on September 1st." Usagi shot to her feet, "But Setsuna! What about the others? And September is only a few days away! Setsuna!"

A portal opened up behind the guardian. "Only Usagi will be needed. See you in a week your highness." With that said, she stepped into the portal, leaving Usagi in her room alone with the house elf, and a disgruntled feline.

Usagi turned to look at the elf, only to find it too had disappeared. "Just great! What am I going to do Luna? I don't know anything about magic!" Her bottom lip quivered as she turned to her advisor.

But Luna didn't answer; she instead continued to stare at the spot Setsuna had vanished from.

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Well there you go, yes I know the chapter is short, but I promise the next one will be much longer, I hope. Its just I didn't want to add more, to ruin the next chapter. This story will be full of comedy and I hope to keep you laughing.

Singing out LP